
Assessment and Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Challenges
The Sequential Oral Sensory (S.O.S) Approach to Feeding is a transdisciplinary program for assessing and treating children with feeding difficulties and weight/growth problems from birth to 18 years. It integrates posture, sensory, motor, behavioural/learning, medical, and nutritional factors to comprehensively evaluate and manage children with feeding/growth problems.
Included with the completion of the SOS Training Course, participants receive:
1. Examine the seven areas of human function that need to be evaluated to provide a comprehensive Feeding Assessment.
2. Investigate at least five of the key oral, sensory, motor, cognitive and psychosocial milestones which need to be achieved in order to be able to eat well.
3. Evaluate three reasons why children won’t eat, as based on learning theory principles.
4. Differentiate classical and operant conditioning principles as applied to resolving feeding problems.
5. Distinguish at least four of the necessary components of an SOS Approach to Feeding program for babies, toddlers and young children in either an individual or group therapy session.
6. Apply all three requirements in building a Food Hierarchy.
7. Demonstrate at least one play-based strategy for progressing a child up each of the 6 major Steps on the Steps to Eating Hierarchy.
The SOS Training Course is intended for professionals with advanced-level degrees and/or certificate level advanced training, including: Speech Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Registered Dietitians, Special Education Teachers, Psychologists, Physical Therapists, Early Intervention Specialists, Nurses, Physicians, and Mental Health Workers.
Assistant Therapists may apply if accompanied by a HCPC Registered Professional.
Note
This training conference is accessible for Certified and Registered Health Professionals or Supervised Therapy Assistants only. Supervised Therapy Assistants will be linked to a Supervisor's HCPC License.
This conference, it's content and assessment process are not suitable for teachers, teaching staff with additional roles, students or parents.
Course Level
The SOS Approach to Feeding Training Course is an Intermediate level course: Information is geared to practitioners with a general working knowledge of current practice trends and literature related to the subject matter.
The focus is on increasing understanding and competent application of the subject matter.
Content Disclosure
The course content is focused on the SOS Approach to Feeding and there will be limited or no information provided about similar products or services.

Dr. Kay A. Toomey is a Paediatric Psychologist who has worked with children who don’t eat for almost 30 years. She has developed the SOS Approach to Feeding as a family centered program for assessing and treating children with feeding problems. Dr. Toomey speaks nationally and internationally about her approach. She also acts as a consultant to Gerber Products. Dr. Toomey helped to form The Children’s Hospital – Denver’s Paediatric Oral Feeding Clinic, as well as the Rose Medical Center’s Paediatric Feeding Center. Dr. Toomey co-chaired the Paediatric Therapy Services Department at Rose Medical Center prior to entering private practice. Dr. Toomey acted as the Clinical Director for Toomey & Associates, Inc.’s Feeding Clinic for six years and SOS Feeding Solutions at STAR Institute for eight years. Dr. Toomey is currently the President of Toomey & Associates, Inc., and acts as a Clinical Consultant to the Feeding Clinic at STAR Institute.

If you are from the UK and seeking to use the hours for your continuing professional development requirements for the Health and Care Professions Council CPD Log, you will need to keep your certificate of attendance and your conference agenda for submission. T
If you are from the UK and seeking to use the hours for your continuing professional development requirements, you will need to keep your certificate of attendance and your conference agenda for submission by you to your professional Royal College. You may be required to submit a learning/reflection log

Monday 18th - Thursday 21 October 2027 In person @ Radisson Blu, London Stansted
Note:
Participants will be expected to complete the first 9 hours of the Training Course independently online PRIOR to the start of the 4 days of In-Person Segment of the course. Participants are required to complete the 9-hour prerequisite pre-recorded Online Segment at least ONE week BEFORE the first day of the 4-day In-Person Segment in order to be permitted to attend the In-Person Segment of the course. Participants are required to pass a short multiple-choice test at the end of 5 out of the 6 Chapters with a minimum score of 80% to verify completion of the prerequisite Online Segment.
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